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Multiple threats endanger the world’s rarest great ape, a new study on the Tapanuli orangutan reveals
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The Tapanuli orangutan, the world's rarest great ape, faces mounting threats from multiple simultaneous pressures, including extractive industries, logging, agricultural expansion, and climate-related disasters, according to a new study. Fewer than 800 individuals remain, and researchers warn that the combination of these overlapping threats makes conservation efforts increasingly urgent and complex.